Hand remarker



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United States, Patent f HAND REMARKER Harry E. Rothmann, Valhalla, N.Y., assignor to A. Kimgall.k Company, New York, NtY., a corporation of New or t Filed Apr. 8, 1953, Se!- No. 347,511

Claims. Cl. 101-19 This invention relates to devices for marking price tickets or tags. More particularly the invention relates to an improved hand tool suitable for remarking price tickets after they have been attached to merchandise.

Price tickets customarily have the sales price printed thereon before the tickets are attached to the merchandise. These tickets ordinarily are attached to the merchandise by a string or pin passing through one end of the ticket, the price data appearing near the other end of the ticket, and the intermediate space being available for price remarkings. In many cases these tickets carry two or more sets of identical printed data separated by score lines permitting the duplicate portions of the tickets to be detached at the time of sale and retained by the merchant for purposes of bookkeeping and inventory control. Prior to being attached to the merchandise the tickets also may have other coded information printed thereon and/or punched therethrough, such information pertaining to cost, date and quantity of purchase, size,

and so on. When it becomes necessary to change the price of the merchandise it is inconvenient and time-consuming to have to remove the tickets from the merchandise for remarking them, and a portable hand operated marker capable of remarking the tickets without removing them from the merchandise is desirable. If the tickets initially are code punched it is desirable that the price remarker punch coded price information as well as print the new price on the tickets, and in order that this information may subsequently be properly interpreted and recorded from the punched perforations by the machine. used for that purpose it is important that the perforations be accurately positioned with respect to locating I holes punched "in the ticket. For remarking tickets which have one or more duplicate portions bearing identical data the remarker should be capable of remarking each portion of the tickets similarly. 'In cases where the price is being raised it will be desired ordinarily to cut off'the end of the ticket bearing the old price data at the same time the ticket is remarked, whereas if the price is being lowered it may be desirable to retain the original price data and merely print a line therethrough, thus disclosing the reduction to anyone who examines the ticket.

It is an object of the invention to provide a device of the character described which will print the price data on the tag and simultaneously punch the tag with coded perforations corresponding to this printed data. It a further object of the invention to provide such a device in which the printing and punching devices are preset simultaneously to eliminate the possibility of confusion which might result if there was any difierence between the printed data. and the punched data. Another object of the invention is to provide a remarking tool which may be employed for a .series of successive remarkings and in which the ticket may be quickly and accurately positioned and held with respect to the printing and punching devices for each remarking operation. Still.

another object of the invention is to provide a marking Patented July a, 19cc- 2 device in which the printing and punching mechanism may be quickly, easily and accurately reset to mark the tag with the desired data. Still another object of the invention is to provide an improved ticket remarkerof the character described which is small and compact in size and light in weight so that it may be held and operated conveniently in one hand. Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

A preferred embodiment of the invention has been selected for purposes of illustration and is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hand tool suitable for making up to three remarkings of a price ticket and for simultaneously cutting off the end of the ticket bearing the previous price marking;

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the remarkershow in Figure 1, i.e. looking toward the right at the remarker as viewed in Figure l, fragmentary portions of the structure being broken away to disclose certain details of the ticket slide mounting; c Figure 3 is a view looking down on the remar r shown in Figure 1, portions of the structure being broken away to disclose certain structural details; i

Figure 4 is a partial longitudinal vertical section through the remarker of Figures 1-3;

Figure 1, but showing the marking wheels pressed down against a ticket for remarking it, a portion of the frame being broken away for a better disclosure of the con struction; Figure 6 is a view, similar to Figure 4, of a remarker" embodying a modification in winch the end of the ticket is not cut off, but in which the previous price marking is merely cancelled. by over-printing lines thereon;

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the price canceller shown in the modification of Figure 6; I I

Figure 8 is a horizontal section through the remarker of Figures l-5, taken substantially on the line 88 of Figure l Figure 9' is a horizontal sectional view through the remarker shown in Figure 6, taken substantially on the line '9--9 thereof;

Figure 10 isa view, partly in elevation, but mainly a longitudinal vertical section on the line 10 10 of Figure 11, of the marking wheels to enlarged scale;

Figure 11 is a side view to similar scale of one of the marking wheels;

Figure 12' is a view of a price ticket, one section of which has been remarked by the embodiment of Figures 1 to 5 and 8, the other section of which is to be similarly remarked;

Figure 1-3' is a view similar to Figure 112 of a price ticket in process of being remarked by the modification of Figures 6, 7 and 9;

means preliminary to the actual remarking; and.

Figure 15 is a horizontal section through the remarker of Figure 1 4 taken substantially on the line 15- 15 there The construction of the remarker shown in Figures The remarker com prises a frame .16 in which the ticket supporting mean's' 1-5 and 8 will be described first.

and the printer carriage are mounted In order to keep the weight of the remarker low, the frame desirably will be made of sheet metal which is suitably bent and welded to substantially the shape shown.

The ticket supporting means mounted .in the jaW shaped lower part of the frame 16 includes the'ticket slide guides 17, 18, in which the ticket slide19 is slid,

ably mounted. The guides 17, 18 may be secured to Figure 5 is a partial view of the remarker, similar to this purpose is illustrated in the drawings. A slide index' knob 21 secured in one side of the ticket slide 19 extends through matching slots, shown at 22, in the slide guide 17 and the wall of the frame 16, and projects beyond the frame where it may be grasped between the fingers for manipulating the slide back and forth in its guides. In the illustrative embodiment the ticket slide. may be adjusted to three different predetermined positions, permitting three successive remarkings of a ticket, but it will be understood that the device may be constructed with a diiferent number of remarking positions if desired. These positions conveniently may be indexed on the frame as shown in Figure 1, where they are marked by the numbers 1, 2 and 3, indicating the positions of the slide for the first, second and third remarkings, respectively.

Means are provided for insuring accurate setting of the slide in its guides for each remarking operation. In the illustrative embodiment the side of the ticket slide opposite the index knob is recessed as shown at 23. Secured in the bottom of the recess 23, near one end thereof, is a leaf spring 24, the other end of the spring bearing a detent 25 which is pressed outwardly against the wall of the guide 18. This wall of the guide is provided with uniformly spaced depressions 25 (Figures 8 and 9) which are engaged by the detent 25 when the slide is properly adjusted for remarking a ticket, but which do not prevent adjustment of the slide to a different position.

For positively locating a ticket on the slide, the upper surface of the slide is provided with raised portions projecting therefrom for engaging matching openings in the ticket. As shown, two locating pins 26 are provided for this purpose, situated adjacent the outer end of the slide, and the upper ends of these locating pins desirably are tapered to facilitate positioning the ticket locating holes thereover. The size of the locating holes in the ticket will match the diameter of the locating pins and when a ticket is placed on the ticket supporting means and pressed down against the slide the ticket will be positively located, both longitudinally and angularly, with respect to the slide. When the slide is adjusted to its position 1, the end of a ticket positioned thereon will be accurately located under the printer carriage for the first remarking operation, and for additional remarkings the slide will be adjusted successively to positions "2 and 3, thus moving the ticket further inwardly under the printer carriage.

As will appear more fully hereinafter, the price ticket remarking operation involves code punching the ticket at the same time that the new price is printed thereon. Means desirably are provided to restrain the ticket against being lifted from its supporting means 'as the punches are withdrawn from the ticket. In the illustrative embodiments of Figures l-6, 8 and 9 a narrow bar 27 extends transversely of the ticket supporting means. This bar is located adjacent the inner end of the ticket slide,

when the slide is adjusted to the final remarking position,

and is spaced above the ticket supporting means only a sufiicient distance to permit readily sliding the end of a ticket therebetween as the ticket is located on the slide. The forward edge of the bar 27 may be turned upwardly as shown to assist in guiding the end of the ticket under the bar. The ends of the bar 27 desirably extend rearwardly over the ends of the die and printer platen 30, and extending rearwardly therefrom, conveniently formed integrally therewith, are the mounting arms 29, the ends of which are secured to the side walls of the frame 16, as by screws.

Mounted in the frame 16 and movable relatively toward and away from the ticket supporting means is the printer carriage 32. In order to guide the printer carriage rectilinearly toward and away from the ticket supporting means the sides of the printer carriage may be channelled for cooperating with vertical guide members 33 formed integrally with or welded on the inner surfaces of the side walls of the frame 16. Mounted in each side wall of the printer carriage is a shouldered printer drive stud 35, these studs extending outwardly through slots 34 in the side walls of the frame. The coaxially located printer drive studs are connected by drag links 36 to printer cranks 37, at 38, these cranks being pivotally mounted on the opposite side walls of the frame as indicated at 39. The printer cranks are connected together by the shaft 40 which extends transversely across the frame.

Rigidly securedto the frame, as .by welding, and extending rearwardly therefrom is an upper handle 41 to which the lower handle 43 is pivotally connected by the pin 42. Means are provided to press the handle members apart, conveniently a coil spring 44 which surrounds the pin 42 and is provided with extended end portions which engage the inner sides of the two handles. When it is in use the operator holds the remarker by grasping the handles in one hand, and merely by closing the hand the lower handle will be pressed, against the pressure of the spring 44, toward the fixed upper handle.

A linkage mechanism connects the handles to the printer cranks 37 so that the printer carriage 32 normally is held away from the ticket supporting means, and so that it will be moved downwardly toward the ticket supporting means to remark a ticket when the operator presses the lower handle 43 toward the fixed upper handle 41. The shaft 40, which connects the two printer cranks 37, is connected by the pivotally end-connected links 45 and 46 to the outer end of the fixed upper handle at 47. The link 45 passes through a slot in the handle 41. The link 46 is provided intermediate its ends with a slot 48 which receives the pin 49 to provide a pivotal sliding connection to the lower handle 43. When the lower handle is pressed away from the upper handle by the spring 44, as shown in Figure 1, the linkage connection to the printer cranks 37 holds the printer carriage 32 in its upper position in the frame 16. When the operator grasps the handles and presses the movable handle toward the fixed handle the linkage turns the printer cranks about their axis 39, in a counterclockwise direction as viewed in Figure 1, to move the printer carriage downwardly in the frame toward the ticket supporting means to mark a ticket, to the position shown in Figure 5. When the operator releases the pressure on the lower handle the spring 44 forces the handles apart and the linkage connection turns the printer cranks in a clockwise direction to again lift the printer carriage away from the ticket supporting means.

The ticket marking mechanism mounted in the printer carriage 32 will next be described. A row of marking wheels 51 are coaxially mounted on the shaft 52 extending transversely of the printer carriage, the ends of the shaft being supported in the side walls of the carriage. The shaft 52 is parallel to and directly over the die and printer platen 30. In the illustrative embodiment six marking wheels are shown, permitting the printing and punching of six columns of information on a price ticket, but it will be understood that the number of marking wheels in a price remarker may vary depending on the intended use.

Each marking wheel 51 has a plurality of raised type faces 53 on equally spaced fiat surfaces around its pe riphery. These flat surfaces also have punches projecting normally therefrom beyond the raised type faces and coded by their number and positions or locations on the flat surfaces to correspond to the raised type faces onthe respective flat surfaces. The} marking wheels are similar to each other exce t that the type: faces and punches may vary as necessary to mark tickets with the desired infor mation. In the illustrative embodiment each marking wheel. has twelve equally spaced. flat: surfaces around its periphery,v permitting. marking of the numbers 1 to 9 and zero; a blank, and a decimal. point, dollar sign or cent. sign Desirably the punches on each. marking wheel. are offset. relative: to the raised. type faces in. the direction: of the: marking wheel: axis so that. the perforations made in: the ticket will lie between the characters printed'thereont.

In the illustrative: embodiment each marking. wheel is. made up'of. aprinting, wheel 5-5- and a punching Wheel 56 which are secured together, as by rivets 57', so that no discrepancy between the data printed on the tag and the data punched: in the tag can: arise when the marking wheels are being: reset to make a new price marking. Manufacture ofv the markingwheels is materially facilitated. by making the printing, and punching wheels scparately and then rivetingthem together. These wheels may bemadeof.engravers brass or othersuitable metal.

Each printing. wheel 55 is made: with a plurality of equally spacedflat surfaces around its periphery, these flat surfaces having raised. engraved type faces 53 which are approximately centrally located thereon. for printing a price ticket. Each punching wheel. 56 is made with flat surfaces around its periphery matching the. flat surfaces on the printingwheels, and each fiat surface on a.punching wheel is drilled with: a. plurality of accurately located. holes extending normal thereto for receiving. the punches. In. the illustrative embodiment, where eachpunching wheel has twelve flat. surfaces, four aligned anduniformly spaced holes are drilled in each fiat surface, this being. sufiicient to permit code punching the price ticket to correspond to theraised type faces. The punches 54 which; are pressed into the holes in the flat surfaces may be made of steel. Preferably the punches used. in each wheel of a remarking tool differ slightly in length. from the punches used each of the other wheels, so that the heights or the unches above the fiat surfaces will be staggered in. the direction ofth-e marking wheel axis for any setting ofJthe marking wheels. staggering of the unch heights illustrated in Figure l0; reduces the punching effort required to mark a price ticket, an. imper nr advantage in a hand o erated remarker' of the type disclosed. i

best be seen in Figure 8, the die and printer platen 30 located directly under the marking wheelshaft 52 is provided with transverse rows of the openings 31,. each "row of die openings lying directly under one of the punching wheels. These die openings accurately match the punch holes in the flat surfaces of the punching wheels and cooperate with the" punches in the oppositely disposed fiat surfaces of the marking wheels to unch a price ticket with coded information when the printer carria e is moved down against a ticket located on the ticket supporting means. At the sides of the rows "of die openings 31 the die and printer platen 3!} provides flat surfaces which support the ticket against the pressure of the raised type faces on the marking wheels to insure a positive printing of't'heucket. f

Means are provided for holding the marking wheels firmly and accurately in adjusted rotated position in the print-er carriage so that punches in the flat surfaces of the markin wheels dis osed opposite the die and printer laten will lie directly o'ver'thedie openings. Each m ark ing wheel has a plurality of similar holes 58 therethrough parallel to 'thewheel axis. The number of these indexing holes corresponds to the number of flat surfaces onthe mar-king. wheel periphery, and the holes are equally spaced around the wheel axis, at a uniform distance therefrom, conveniently centered under the flat surfacm. Aligned holes are provided through the opposite side walls Of the-printer carriage 3 2 at the same distance: fromthe marking wheel axis and located so that when the indefiing holes in the marking wheels are aligned therewith the punch holes in the flat surfaces of the punching wheels disposed opposite the die and printer platen 30 will be accurately aligned with the dieopenings 31. After the marking wheels have been set for any desired price mar-king, one of the holes through each wheel will be aligned with the holes through the printer carriage walls. An index locking pin 59 then will be inserted in the aligned holes to hold the marking wheels against rotation in the printer carriage. When it is desired to reset the marking wheels for a different price marking the index locking pin will be withdrawn.

The marking wheels 51 are arranged in sid'e-by-side engagement with each other and are held against movement on the shaft 52 by the side walls of the printer carriage. Secured in the walls of the printer carriage, extending transversely across the front of the marking wheels, is a shaft 60- on which theprinterindex slider 61 is mounted. The slider 61 is movable back aridforth along the shaft 60, parallel to the marking wheel axis, a distance equal to the thickness of one markingwheel. A knob 62 conveniently is provided for moving the slider;

Projecting rearwardly from the slider toward the mark{ ing wheels are three spaced stops 63 which engage transverse slots 64 in the flat surfaces of the marking wheels. When the slider 61 is at one limit of its range of movement on the shaft 60 the slider stops engage and hold alternate mar-king wheels against rotation while permitting adjustment of the other marking wheels toreset them for the desired price remarking. After this has been done the slider is moved to the other end of the shaft 60 so that the slider steps will hold the; adjusted marking wheel's against turning while the setting or the other marking Wheels is completed. Adiustment of the marking wheels to positions which permit the slider to he. moved back and forth results in an alignment of one of the holes 58 in each of'the marking wheels with the holes in the opposite sides of the printer carriage, thus permitting the index locking pin 59 to be: inserted to 'hold the marking wheels against further turning until it is desired to reset them. For the convenience of the open-- ator a suitable stylus 74 for: turning: the marking wheels maybe attached to the link 46, or toone of the. handles, by a clip 75. V V V f Engraved on the flat surfaces of eachprintingwhed are sunken indicia. 65 corresponding to the raised. type faces,

but offset relative thereto circumferentially of the printing:

wheel; Preferably these indicia are offset one-quarter of the circumference of the marking wheels. so that when the operator looks: at the front of the remarking tool? the sunken numbers will: give a direct reading of the: raised. type faces which are disposed opposite the. die andv printer platen 30. Thus the setting of the marking wheels-for any desired price marking is simplified: and the possibility of error issubstantially reduced.

For inking the raised type faces of. the marking wheels The. ends of the ink roll shaft '68 are supported in the inker cranks 69 on opposite side of the frame. The inker.

cranks are pivotally mounted on the shouldered printer drive studs 35. The inker cranks also are pivotally connected at 70 to the links 71, which are p'ivotall'y connectedat 7 2' to the side walls of the frame 16. When the printer carriage 32 is in its upper position in the frame .16, as shown in Figure 1., the ink rolls 67 are under the marking, wheels and in contact with the raised type faces.

thereon disposed opposite the die and printer platen 30. As the operator presses the handles of the remarker together for marking a ticket the drag link 36 moves the tinker cranks downwardly and the linkage 71 causes the ink rolls to be swung out from under to a position in front of the printer carriage as shown in Figure 5. When the printer carriage moves back to its original position the link and the inker cranks swing the ink rolls back under the marking rolls and reink the raised type faces.

When a price ticket is remarked it may be desired to cut off the end of the ticket bearing the previous price mark. For this purpose a knife holder 76 will be attached to the printer carriage 32, as by screws 77. Secured on the knife holder is a knife blade 78 which cooperates with the rear edge of the die and printer platen 30 to shear off the end of the ticket extending beyond the die and printer platen as the printer carriage is moved downwardly toward the ticket supporting means. The severed ends of the price tickets are deposited in a receptacle formed in the lower part of the frame 16, which may be emptied from time to time by opening the door 79. The door conveniently may be hinged to the frame at 80 and held in closed position by a latch spring 81. If the price ticket has duplicate similar portions separated by score lines the remarking operation will be repeated for each portion. It may happen that in remarking the first portion the sheared off end is not separated from the next portion along the score line. In that case the guard 82 secured in the lower end of the knife holder will lift the sheared portion to the level of the ticket supporting means to prevent jamming when the ticket is moved transversely prior to remarking the next portion.

In some cases, particularly where the remarked price is lower than the previous price, it may be desired merely to cancel the previous price and allow the cancelled price to remain, rather than to cut off the end of the ticket. A modified arrangement for accomplishing this purpose is disclosed in Figures 6, 7 and 9, wherein the parts which are the same as in the other figures bear similar reference numerals.

In this modification the knife holder on the printer carriage is replaced with a canceller 83, and the die and printer platen 30 is replaced with a die and printer platen 84. The die and printer platen 84 is similar to the platen 30 except that it is wider so as to provide a fiat printing surface extending under the printing part of the canceller 83. The canceller 83 may be formed from spring sheet metal and has aligned fingers 85 spaced transversely of the printer carriage, one finger for each column of data to be cancelled. These fingers lie directly in back of the raised type faces disposed opposite the die and printer platen, and the ends of the fingers are turned downwardly so as to print a series of horizontal lines over the old price marking on the ticket at the same time that the ticket is remarked with the new price. Since the end of the price ticket is not cut off, the side walls of the frame 16 may be provided with slots 86 if necessary to provide clearance for the ends of the ticket as it is moved inwardly on successive remarking operations. The ends of the fingers 85 are inked by the ink rolls 67 at the same time that the raised type faces 63 on the marking wheels are inked, the ink rolls swinging back under the marking wheels to substantially the position shown in Figure 6.

The operation of remarking a price ticket by the device of the present invention will now be summarized. The operator first withdraws the index locking pin 59. With the printer index slider 61 at one end of the shaft 60, three of the marking wheels 51 are rotatably adjusted to correspond to the new price mark. The operator may use the stylus 74 for turning the marking Wheels. By looking directly at the front of the remarking tool the operator is able to tell from the sunken indicia on the wheels when the desired type faces are disposeddirectly over the die and printer platen. The printer index slider then is moved to the other end of the shaft 60; the setting of the other three marking wheels is completed; and the index locking pin 59 is reinserted to hold the marking wheels against further rotation in the printer carriage. Grasping the ticket slide index knob 21, the operator next adjusts the ticket slide 19 to the proper position, depending on whether this is to be a first, second, or third remarking of the ticket. The remarker now is ready for remarking price tickets with the new price. Holding the remarker by its handles in one hand, the operator places the price ticket on the ticket supporting means, the free end of the ticket sliding between die and printer platen 30 and the overlying bar 27. The locating perforations in the ticket are placed over the tapered pins 26 to locate the ticket accurately in predetermined position on the slide. The operator then presses the handles together, which causes the printer carriage to move downwardly toward the ticket, printing the new price thereon and simultaneously code punching the ticket to correspond with the new price. Upon releasing the pressure on the handles the printer carriage is returned along its ways 33 to its original position. If the price ticket has duplicate similar portions, the operation above described will be repeated on each such portion. If the remarker is equipped with a knife holder 76 and knife blade 78, the end of the ticket bearing the previous price will be cut off as shown in Figure 12. If, instead, the remarker is provided with a canceller 83, the previous price will have a broken line printed thereover, but will remain on the ticket as shown in Figure 13. If desired, the raised printing type faces on the marking wheels which indicate the cents may be smaller than the type faces which show the dollars. This is shown in Figures 12 and 13.

It may be desirable to provide the remarker with means for pressing the price ticket down and holding it against the slide 19 preliminary to the actual remarking of the ticket. Such a construction is illustrated in Figures 14 and 15, on a remarker of the type shown in Figure 6. Similar pressing means may be employed also on a remarker of the type shown in Figure 1.

In this modification the narrow bar 27, located over the ticket supporting means, and its mounting arms 29, as illustrated in the embodiment described hereinabove, are replaced with a presser plate 88 which overlies the ticket supporting means and has rearwardly extending mounting arms 89 pivotally connected to the ends of a shaft 90 extending transversely through the frame 16. The pressure plate conveniently is formed from sheet metal and overlies all or a substantially part of the ticket supporting means, extending forward so that it overlies the ticket slide 19 when the slide is in its forward or first remarking position, shown in broken lines in Figure 14. The presser plate is provided with a pair of holes 91 for each remarking position of the ticket slide, these holes fitting freely over the locating pins 26 when the presser plate is moved downwardly toward the slide 19.

In the illustrative embodiment the presser plate 88 is operatively connected to the printer cranks 37 so that the presser plate normally will be held in the position shown in full lines in Figure 14, and will be turned in a counter-clockwise direction about the shaft 90 to the position shown in broken lines when the operator presses the handles together to remark a ticket. When the presser plate is in the position shown in solid lines a price ticket may be placed on the ticket supporting means with the locating holes engaging the tapered locating pins. As the operator presses the handles together the presser plate is turned downwardly to press the ticket down against the ticket slide and hold it there during the remarking operation.

As shown, swivel blocks 94 mounted in the presser plate arms 89 and the lower portions of the printer- .g dranks 31 are connected by rods arena are tree to slide in one or both of the swivel bIe'ek-s and which have thereoncompression coil springs 93" located between the swivel blocks. When the rem-arke'f handles ai e'pi essd together the printer cranks 57 are in a counterclockwise-direction, as viewed in Figure 14,- and the sprin s 93, are compressed between the swivel blocks with the result-that the presser plate is turned in a counterclockwise direction about the shaft 90, pressingthe ticket all of the way down on the ticket slide and holding it there during the remarking operation. When the operator releases the pressure on the handles the printercranks are turned in a clockwise direction, the printer carriage is moved upwardly, and the punches are withdrawn from the ticket. As the turning of the printer cranks continues, the pressure on the springs 93 is released and the rods 92 lift the presser plate away from the ticket supporting means, permitting the remarked ticket to be removed.

It will be understood that the invention may be variously modified and embodied within the scope of the subjoined claims.

I claim:

1. A hand tool for remarking price tickets by printing a price on the tickets and simultaneously punching the tickets with perforations coded to correspond to the price so printed comprising, in combination, a frame, ticket supporting means mounted on the frame, a printer carriage mounted in the frame and movable relatively toward and away from the ticket supporting means, a row of coaxially mounted marking wheels in the printer carriage, each marking wheel having a plurality of similar equally spaced flat surfaces around its periphery, raised type faces on the said flat surfaces, punches projecting normal-1y from the said flat surfaces beyond the raised type faces and coded by their number and positions on the flat surfaces to correspond to the raised type faces on the respective flat surfaces, all of the punches on each marking wheel being circumferentially aligned and being offset relative to the raised type faces in the direction of the marking wheel axis, so that perforations made in the ticket will lie between characters simultaneously printed thereon, the ticket supporting means including a die and printer platen mounted under the marking wheels providing flat surfaces opposite the raised type faces and die openings opposite the punches, means for moving the printer carriage toward the die and printer platen to cause a ticket supported thereby to be simultaneously printed and punched, and means for holding the printer carriage away from the die and printer platen at other times.

2. A device according to claim 1, including an ink roll shaft having a plurality of narrow ink rolls uniformly spaced therealong, the width and spacing of the ink rolls matching the type faces on the marking wheels, so that the ink rolls lie between the punches on the marking wheels, cnank mechanism supporting the ink roll shaft which holds the ink rolls under the marking wheels and against the raised type faces disposed opposite the die and printer platen when the printer carriage is held away therefrom and which moves the ink rolls out from under the marking wheels as the printer carriage is moved toward the die and printer platen.

3. A device according to claim 1, in which each marking wheel comprises a printing wheel having raised type faces on equally spaced fiat surfacm around its periphery and a punching wheel having punches projecting from equally spaced fiat surfaces around its periphery matching the flat surfaces on the printing wheel, and in which the printing wheel and the punching wheel are riveted together to prevent rotation relative to each other and thus avoid discrepancy between the printed data and the punched data.

4. A device according to claim 1, including means for positively locating a ticket on the ticket supporting means under the printer carriage, hiidmeans actuated by the means for-moving the printer carriage to press a ticket in located position against the ticket supporting means preliminary to the actual remarking operation.

A device according to claim 1, in which; the ticket supportingmeans includes locating pins projecting upwardly above the surface thereof for engagement with matching locating holes in the tickets for positively locaring aticket under the printer carriage, a presser plate spaced above the ticket supporting means, and means actuated by the means for moving the printer carriage to move the presser plate toward the ticket supporting means preliminary to .the actual remarking of a ticket, so as to position and hold the ticket firmly in located position on the ticket supporting means.

6. A device according to claim 1, including means secured to the frame and overlying the ticket supporting means adjacent the die and printer platen to restrain the ticket against being lifted from its supporting means when the punches are withdrawn from the ticket.

7. A device according to claim 1, in which the heights of the punches above the flat surfaces of the marking wheels :are staggered in the direction of the marking wheel axis.

8. A hand tool for remarking price tickets by printing a price on the tickets and simultaneously punching the tickets with perforations coded to correspond to the price so printed comprising, in combination, a frame, ticket supporting means including a die and printer platen and a ticket slide mounted on the frame, a printer carriage mounted in the frame and movable relatively toward and away from the die and printer platen of the ticket supporting means, marking means mounted in the printer carriage having raised type faces and punches associated with the type faces projecting normally beyond the raised type faces, the punches being coded by their number and positions to correspond to the associated type faces the mounting of the ticket slide on the frame permitting adjustment of the slide to a plurality of predetermined positions relative to the printer carriage for selectively locating difierent portions of a ticket to be remarked over the die :and printer platen, means for holding the slide in adjusted position on the frame, means on the slide for positively locating a ticket in predetermined position thereon, handle means for moving the printer carriage toward the ticket supporting means to cause a ticket supported thereby to be simultaneously printed and punched, and means holding the printer carn'age away from the ticket supporting means at other times.

9. A remarking tool according to claim 8, in which the means for holding the slide in adjusted position cludes a spring pressed detent secured on the slide, a guide for the slide, and a plurality of depressions uniformly spaced along the guide for engagement by the detent.

10. A remarking tool according to claim 8, in which the means for locating a ticket in position on the slide includes tapered locating pins projecting upwardly above the surface of the slide for engagement by matching loeating holes in the ticket.

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